In this episode, Thomas J. Tobin, an author, speaker, and scholar of higher education quality discusses his work on copyright education and distance learning. Among other things, he discusses how became interested in distance learning, how it lead to an interest in copyright policy and education, and the different ways in which he has advanced that conversation. He also describes the process of creating his comic book "The Copyright Ninja," and how it is used by copyright educators. Tobin is on Twitter at @ThomasJTobin. He has also shared the following links:

• UW-Madison Center for Teaching, Learning, & Mentoring: https://ctlm.wisc.edu/ 
• The Pre-Raphaelite Critic: https://mathcs.duq.edu/~tobin/PR_Critic/ 
• "Copyright for Distance Educators" (2000), Distance Learning Administration conference: http://mathcs.duq.edu/~tobin/cv/essay.dla.02.ppt
• "Copyright for Distance Education" (2001), Intellectual Property and Digital Information in Higher Education: Problems and Solutions. Temple University: http://mathcs.duq.edu/~tobin/cv/essay.temple.01.rtf
• Copyrightx: https://cyber.harvard.edu/teaching/copyrightx
• "Training Your Faculty about Copyright when the Lawyer Isn't Looking" (2014), Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration: https://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/summer172/tobin172.html
• Kneece, M. (2015). The Art of Comic Book Writing: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/220559/the-art-of-comic-book-writing-by-mark-kneece/
• Michael Watson, comic-book artist: https://www.facebook.com/5KWATTS
• The Copyright Ninja (2017): https://squareup.com/store/thomasjtobin (US), http://mathcs.duq.edu/~tobin/cv/copyright.ninja.canada.html (Canada)

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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